Annette Plemmons > Annette's Quotes

“I need to know," we tell ourselves. "No," God answers softly, "You need to trust.”
― Joanna Weaver

“We only trust people we know,' says Martha Tennison...'If you're struggling to trust God, it may be because you don't really know God.”
― Joanna Weaver, Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World: Finding Intimacy with God in the Busyness of Life

“He's calling us to the Great Exchange--the one where we ccan never lose. As we trade the "many things" that make us anxious, He gives us the "one thing" that calms our hearts. Himself.”
― Joanna Weaver

“The world clamors, "Do more! Be all that you can be!" But our Father whispers, "Be still and know that I am God.”
― Joanna Weaver

“Help" is a prayer that is always answered. It doesn't matter how you pray--with your head bowed in silence, or crying out in grief, or dancing. Churches are good for prayer, but so are garages and cars and mountains and showers and dance floors. Years ago I wrote an essay that began, "Some people think that God is in the details, but I have come to believe that God is in the bathroom.”
― Anne Lamott, Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith

“The difference between you and God is that God doesn't think He's you. ”
― Anne Lamott

“one thing about having a baby is that each step of the way you simply cannot imagine loving him any more than you already do, because you are bursting with love, loving as much as you are humanly capable of- and then you do, you love him even more.”
― Anne Lamott, Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year

“I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.”
― Vincent Van Gogh

“How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give 'em.”
― Shel Silverstein

“To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.”
― Elie Wiesel, Night

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
― Mark Twain

“I want a life that sizzles and pops and makes me laugh out loud. And I don't want to get to the end, or to tomorrow, even, and realize that my life is a collection of meetings and pop cans and errands and receipts and dirty dishes. I want to eat cold tangerines and sing out loud in the car with the windows open and wear pink shoes and stay up all night laughing and paint my walls the exact color of the sky right now. I want to sleep hard on clean white sheets and throw parties and eat ripe tomatoes and read books so good they make me jump up and down, and I want my everyday to make God belly laugh, glad that he gave life to someone who loves the gift.”
― Shauna Niequist, Cold Tangerines: Celebrating the Extraordinary Nature of Everyday Life

“Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.”
― Emilie Buchwald

“A Christian has no business being satisfied with mediocrity. He's supposed to reach for the stars. Why not? He's not on his own anymore. He has God's help now.”
― Catherine Marshall, Christy

“I believe in the hands that work, in the brains that think, and in the hearts that love...I believe in sunshine, fresh air, friendship, calm sleep, beautiful thoughts.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“Books fall open, you fall in.”
― David T.W. McCord

“The Bible is the Word of God: supernatural in origin, eternal in duration, inexpressible in valor, infinite in scope, regenerative in power, infallible in authority, universal in interest, personal in application, inspired in totality. Read it through, write it down, pray it in, work it out, and then pass it on. Truly it is the Word of God. It brings into man the personality of God; it changes the man until he becomes the epistle of God. It transforms his mind, changes his character, takes him on from grace to grace, and gives him an inheritance in the Spirit. God comes in, dwells in, walks in, talks through, and sups with him.”
― Smith Wigglesworth

“How inevitable it is; we step into an ordinary moment and never come out again.”
― Colum McCann, Zoli

“The simple things come back to us. They rest for a moment by our ribcages then suddenly reach in and twist our hearts a notch backward.”
― Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin

“Parenthood...It's about guiding the next generation, and forgiving the last.”
― Peter Krause (Parenthood)

“Books are special, books are the way we talk to generations that have not turned up yet.”
― Neil Gaiman

“The actions you take today not only impact you; they influence generations. Every matter matters for eternity.”
― Dillon Burroughs, Hunger No More: A 1-Year Devotional Journey Through the Psalms

“The primary purpose of reading the Bible is not to know the Bible but to know God.”
― James Merritt

“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
― Jane Goodall

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

“The soul is healed by being with children.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Only the foolish insist on making their own mistakes when they can learn from the mistakes of others. Only the wise will understand that success leaves clues, and those clues are there for you to use to achieve great things.”
― John Patrick Hickey, On The Journey To Achievement

“Always remember that the lessons you learn in life are never meant just for you. They are like all our gifts, they are meant to be used and shared, never horded and hidden.”
― John Patrick Hickey, On The Journey To Achievement

“This year, mend a quarrel. Seek out a forgotten friend. Dismiss suspicion and replace it with trust. Write a letter. Give a soft answer. Encourage youth. Manifest your loyalty in word and deed. Keep a promise. Forgo a grudge. Forgive an enemy. Apologize. Try to understand. Examine your demands on others. Think first of someone else. Be kind. Be gentle. Laugh a little more. Express your gratitude. Welcome a stranger. Gladden the heart of a child. Take pleasure in the beauty and wonder of the earth. Speak your love and then speak it again.”
― Howard W. Hunter

“Too late to apologize, I've already forgiven you.”
― Robin Hobb, Assassin's Apprentice